Chapter 13. At Swan River.

PLAN FOR RETURNING TO THE NORTH-WEST COAST. WHY ABANDONED. EXCURSION TO THE NORTH OF PERTH. STORY-TELLING TO NATIVES. LAKES. DELAY, AND BIVOUACK. NATIVE TOILETTE. MEETING WITH A NEW TRIBE. CURIOUS SUPERSTITIONS. REVENGEFUL COMBAT AND MURDER PREVENTED. RETURN TO PERTH. EXCURSION IN SEARCH OF MR. ELLIOTT. CAUSE OF IT. THE MURRAY RIVER. WILD CATTLE. NATIVE TRACKING. CROSS THE DARLING RANGE. CONDITION OF DISTANT SETTLERS. ROUTE ALONG MR. ELLIOTT'S TRACKS. KILLING A KANGAROO. LOSE THE TRACKS. NATIVE GRAVE. ESTUARY OF THE LESCHENAULT. MEET WITH MR. ELLIOTT. RETURN TO PERTH.